History of land use and mire loss

Grünig A
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Grünig, A. (1994). History of land use and mire loss. In A. Grünig (Ed.), Mires and man. Mire conservation in a densely populated country - the Swiss experience. Excursion guide and symposium proceedings of the 5th field symposium of the International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG) to Switzerland 1992 (pp. 83-85). Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research.
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Whereas raised bogs grow naturally, Swiss fenlands are quite often a result of human land use. Many wet forest areas were cleared, mainly during the last centuries, promoting the development of extensive fenlands on the open surface. For a long time these areas were pastured or managed as litter meadows (cf. Chapter 1.7.3) which was the sustainable agricultural land use of traditional low intensity.

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Publication Type

Proceedings Paper

Title

History of land use and mire loss

Author(s)

Grünig, Andreas (WSL)

Conference Proceedings

Mires and man. Mire conservation in a densely populated country - the Swiss experience. Excursion guide and symposium proceedings of the 5th field symposium of the International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG) to Switzerland 1992

Editor(s)

Grünig, Andreas (editor)

Publisher

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

Publication Place

Birmensdorf, Switzerland

Start Page

83

End Page

85

Publication Year

1994

Conference

5th field symposium of the International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG)

Conference Place

Birmensdorf

Conference Date

August 24 - September 6, 1992